Additional Scottish inventions... The contact lense, the ATM, fingerprinting, the tyre, wave turbines, tarmac, the bicycle, the steam hammer, steel casting, modern economics, sociology, logarithms, the decimal point, the oil refinery, anesthesia, insulin, the bank of England, the bank of France, the banknote, Grand Theft Auto, chicken tikka masala, the tractor beam, the steamboat, Sherlock Holmes, Peter Pan, cordite, the electric clock, universal standard time, the seismometer, the raincoat...
Fun fact Scotland is the only place in the world that contains the entire geological history of the earth. The north Highlands used to be part of the North American plate (we used to be part of Canada) until the European plate crash into it and Scotland hitched a ride across the ocean. 😁
As a Scotsman, we refer to the Irish as our Celtic kin and cousins, they are the only other culture that has certain things that are shared with ours, i would imagine they would feel the same, Scots Gaelic is remarkably similar to the Irish spoken language also.
@@Hummus-fl9vr "adopted", is a word i would use loosely, more "enforced". We didn't really have a say in it, did we? thankfully only the good half is still Celtic.
@@Hummus-fl9vrwhat you're thinking of is Scots, which stems from the same source as middle English - Northumbric. Obviously, differences then developed, with other influences such as Frisian etc. I suspect that the great vowel shift played a part too. I very much doubt this lad would find Doric Scots or Shetlandic particularly intelligible, and yet we've all been speaking English all these centuries? Aye, right.
@Hummus-fl9vr The Education (Scotland) Act 1872. The act mandated the exclusive use of English-medium education in Scotland, in effect banning Scottish Gaelic medium education. For this reason it is credited with causing substantial harm to the Scottish Gaelic language and contributing to its overall decline. The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 effectively put an end to non-English medium education and repressed Gaelic with pupils being punished for speaking the language. Pupils were belted if caught speaking in Gaelic and beaten again if they did not reveal the names of other students speaking Gaelic.The effect of the education act upon the Gaelic language has been described as "disastrous"and by denying the value of Gaelic culture and language, contributed to destroying the self-respect of Gaelic communities. It was a continuation of a general policy by British governments after 1707 which aimed at Anglicisation. As a result of facing punishment and humiliation for speaking Gaelic, many parents decided not to pass on the language to their children, resulting in language shift.
Regarding the Irish and Scottish thing you were asking about, we are the exact same ethnic group. Celtic. There are 6 Celtic 'nations' - Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Man, Cornwall and Brittany (in France). Brittany, Cornwall and Wales are Celts of the Brythonic variety whilst the Scottish, Irish and Manx Celts are of the Goidelic, or Gaelic, variety. So yes, Irish and Scottish are essentially the same people when you get right down to it.
This is not entirely accurate, although Scotland is seen a a Celtic nation the Romans did go out of their way to distinguish the area they called Caledonia, modern Scotland, as different peoples from those they had already encountered in the Celtic World. They called them Picts. These were the predominant people in the country and are not seen as being Celtic, at least not by the Romans. The Scots are Pict/Celt not just Celt. So not the exact same people, but similar i guess. Am i being pedantic, yes, yes i am. Also i do know the argument as to the Picts being Celts, specifically Welsh, my own name meaning Welsh speaking in Gaelic. But i'll go with the Romans on this, us Scots are Pict/Ce;lt the same way the English are Anglo/Saxon.
@@waldorfmcvitty4854 i wouldn't call it pedantic as much as i would call it picking one side of a largely undocumented debate and simply running with it. I could argue the Celtic Britons involvement before the Romans and them settling in mainland Europe, Cornwall and Wales is a plausible link across the Irish Sea for both sets of settlers. There is no doubt the people that occupied both Ireland and Scotland diverged over the centuries but they would appear to have shared bloodlines long before the picts.
As a glaswegian, thank you pronouncing Glasgow properly and taking an interest in our wee country. I know other people have mentioned it but you should definitely have a look at all the invention that scotland introduced to the world. Apologies of you have already done this. Only just seen one of your videos
Labour have promised to enrich every corner of the Uk enjoy while you can before Scotland is turned into a 3rd world zest pit . That’s the price we pay for being in a toxic union with England
I do wish someone would teach this patronising eejit how to pronounce names , places and geographic features accurately . His history ‘ facts ‘ are also decidedly shonkie. Presumably yet another outstanding example of an Ingerlish Edumacashun.
Haggis is delicious. You dont eat the stomach or other casing, it's just for keeping the filling together so it's easy to cook. When its cooked you open it up and then only serve the 'stuffing' inside. I recommend having it traditionally with mashed potatoes and turnip/Swede and a whisky cream sauce. Haggis, neeps and tatties!
There's a book called How The Scots Invented The Modern World. I bought a copy from Barnes & Noble when I was in San Diego. You should get a copy. It's unbelievable how much we've contributed to the world for such a small country.
The oil industry in Scotland is mainly based out of Aberdeen. Lots of oil platforms in the North Sea. There is a road trip you can do, called The North Coast 500.
You should hear the accents of some of those Scottish island folk , it’s so beautiful and totally different from mainland accents , very unique , especially the older generations accents
@@TheHoff1902 I could listen to you guys talk all day , when you compare my dour Glaswegian accent to your beautiful accents there is no comparison , you guys win hands down , even in your way of life.
@@scottishwoodart I mean the islanders accents in general, because a lot of creators that show British accents never show any any Scots accents except Glasgow and Edinburgh, would be nice to showcase some of the islands and highlands beautiful accents too.
If you want to see beautiful beaches in Scotland look up Luskentyre, Harris and Reef, Lewis. Also most of the West coast of the Uists and don't forget Barra which also has the only scheduled air service in the world to land on a beach. The schedule depends on the tides!
You've never lived until you've experienced a sunset across a Hebridean beach, or driven through rugged Argyll, stopped of at Oban, or Glencoe, rural Perthshire, Fife and its historic fishing villages, or the beautiful rolling countryside of Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway or up north the Cairngorm mountain region or Sutherland. The cities are much like many cities, there's a Starbucks on every corner. Glasgow and Edinburgh are very different from each other and unique. You'll figure out what you like best by experience. The people are what make Scotland, ultimately. Good luck and may your memories be long.
Alexander Fleming was born in Darvel , Ayrshire. My dog once had a long pee on the sign post showing where he was born. I tried to explain the significance of Fleming's achievement. My dog couldn't care less. He was a proud dog and had no time for human history. As much as I thank Fleming for his contribution to human history. I've got to support my dog and have his back .
British government issued 100 new oil permits or licenses so they’re definitely still extracting oil & gas yet we were told Scotland would run dry during the independence referendum more Tory lies.
I love the story about the Queen at Balmoral, she was out and about a couple of American tourists walked up to her. They thought she was a local, they asked her if she had ever seen the Queen? She replied no but he has pointing to her security bloke. She was game.
I’m with those that can’t believe you didn’t know about whisky! There are over 140 distilleries here, with 8 on the Isle of Islay (pronounced like eye-la) alone. It’s called Scotch for a reason. Always go with a single malt. Haggis is absolutely delicious! Not all Angus beef comes from Scotland, however the breed of cow, Aberdeen Angus, does.
As there are so many inhabited islands in Scotland there are ferries everywhere. Skye is so close to the mainland that a bridge now connects the two. The first time I went to Skye was a train ride from Inverness to the Kyle of Lochalsh. The train ride is one of the most beautiful trips in the world. At the Kyle of Lochalsh the train stops at what was the ferry pier. It was a short 15-minute ride to the Isle of Skye. The longest ferry ride in Scotland is the trip from Aberdeen to The Shetlands, it took me 12 hours, it stops in the Orkneys on the way. This crossing can be very rough, the tables and chairs are fixed to the floor. You can also fly between the two. The Scottish Government subsidises the ferries so a ferry trip can be reasonably cheap, and they can be frequent. The ferry to Shetland is Northern Ferries, the other Islands are usually run by Caledonian MacBrayne.
My maternal grandmother was Scottish and I lived just outside Stirling for 4 years in the early to mid 70's. Have visited several times since and the scenery never fails to be stunning.
My son in law from the Highlands is the current and has been twice before worlds stongest man.Tom Stoltmon.The Highlands is a beautiful part of Scotland. Im proud of my wee country. 🏴🏴
The gateway to the Highlands Stirling where William Wallace fought the English at the battle of Stirling bridge in 1297 ,I think. You will find the Wallace monument there as well as the castle which dates from late 1500s but there has been defences there from well before. The Orkney islands has archaeology dating back to 4000BC. There is now some belief that the oldest standing stones in Britain are there and not Stonehenge
My mum comes from a small island on the west of Scotland, in the area called the inner Hebrides called the island of Coll. Just about 200 people stay there
A big hiya fae Edinburgh🏴Loved this reaction, and love that University of Edinburgh is included. Currently studying there for my nursing degree. Born and bred in Edinburgh and proud to be Scottish🏴❤Scotland is an amazing country, that’s why people fall in love when they visit!♥️
The line about scotkand not being a theme park is from tourism. I actually had an American tourist ask why edininburgh castle was built so far from the sirport, and a Japanese tourist stop traffic in princes (not princess) street to take a picture of a mannequin waring a cheap kilt
Tunnock's Tea Cakes. Can't believe they weren't on the list. As for your comments on haggis and black pudding, God starts his day with a roll of sliced sausage, bacon, haggis, black pudding, tattie scone and HP sauce. Be well laddie, cheers from Scotland 🍻❤
The Youngs (AC/DC) were from Glasgow. What Tom missed was Bon Scott, the original singer, was from Kirriemuir in Angus, where there is a statue of him.
Well done on saying GLASGOW correctly 👏👏 Scotland and Ireland are Celtic brothers. Don't, Don't, ever use Braveheart as a historical reference !!!! It's PISH !! SCOTTISH OIL ! Scots today are more and more looking for independence. Whisky is called SCOTCH for a reason ! I wouldn't say the word PERIOD too often, as it means something very different in the UK !! I love haggis. With NEEPS and TATTIES. You don't eat the casing/ bag . Other countries have Aberdeen Angus cows. Old fridges used large blocks of ice. Surprised he never mentioned ROBBIE BURNS or Burns Night celebrations !!
The number of islands thing reminded me of a collection of mountains in Scotland known as the "Munro's". There are 282 of them (others exist not part of the Munro's). If you manage to climb them all, which as you imagine is quite a challenge, you become known as a "Munroists" and are eligible to join the Munro Society. The first people to achieve this was A. E. Robertson, a Scottish minister in 1901. To date only around 6,000 people have completed the challenge.
Apparently James the 6th sent Calvary to trample down 13 acres of tobacco that had been planted in the jedburgh and kelso districts because he didn't want tobacco grown in Britain he was trying to start the Virginia tobacco plantations to make the colony self suporting and make it a royal monopoly so he could collect the tax on it and nothing has changed 500 years later lol
The narrowest part of the Irish Sea (between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland) is between what is now Northern Ireland and Scotland, at just 17 miles. There has therefore always a good deal of toing and froing between the two, mainly for the purposes of seasonal agricultural employment (in the past), and of course there are many close family relationships in both of these nations as a consequence. Until the Union of the Crowns in 1603, Scotland was a Catholic nation and therefore had that in common with much of Ireland and, even to the present day, there are strong cultural similarities between the two and in particular, the so-called Ulster Scots, of the Ulster Province of Ireland (which includes the whole of the political state of Northern Ireland) and the industrialised parts of Glasgow, the Clyde Valley and Western Scotland. Sectarianism in fact, is stronger in some Scottish communities than it is in Ireland - to the extent that the Scottish Government has even made it illegal to express in public, such as at football matches. This is the main basis for the infamous rivalry between the Glasgow Celtic (Catholic) and Glasgow Rangers (Protestant, and loyalist to Britain) teams. The Gaelic languages, although similar, aren't quite the same, with Scots Gaelic being particularly confined to just a few areas of the westernmost islands and northwest highlands, whereas Irish Gaelic is widely recognised and used across the whole island. Glaz-GO is indeed the correct pronunciation of Glasgow, while that of Edinburgh is Edin-BRUH. The word 'burgh' (pronounced like BURRAH), incidentally, is the Scottish version of the English 'borough', denoting that the so-named place has been deliberately established as such and within given boundaries at some point; and is controlled by a democratically elected Council. Scotland did have large numbers of 'Royal Burghs' which in some respects were the equivalent of English cities that were so-named and privileged by a king's charter at some point - mostly in the 13th and 14th Centuries. While Dunfermline was certainly a Royal Residence in the distant past, the claim that it is a past capital city of Scotland is rather dubious incidentally, as there is no evidence that Government ever met there. The claims of Stirling and (especially) Perth, are known to be much more genuine. Edinburgh was a large city long before Glasgow by the way, whose population reached a peak of over a million during the 1930s; and has been in gradual decline ever since. By the4 same argument, you might ask why Washington DC is the American capital when New York or Los Angeles might seem like more obvious choices! When the independence referendum failed to win a majority in 2014, almost everyone on every side of the argument agreed that it is probably inevitable that Scotland will become independent from the UK in the future. This is largely due to the fact that in recent decades, the majority of Scottish voters haven't got what they voted for in the UK government - because it has always been dominated by just two Unionist political parties, neither of which is willing to accede any of their nominal power through the introduction of any form of Proportional Representation in the UK Government - despite it being very common elsewhere in Europe and even the Scottish Government being elected on the STV+1 system! Worse still, it is really only the Conservative Party that has sufficient support within England and only minority support in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; as the Labour Party usually needs their votes to win a majority on the existing, first-past-the-post, electoral system! While older people in Scotland are still sceptical about the advantages of independence (with the usual regional variations), it is clear that younger generations are increasingly supportive of it. What would I add? Well, there are quite a few more inventions by Scottish people - raincoats and rubber wellington boots (Mackintosh hence, "mac"), tarmac road surfaces (McAdam), bicycles, breech-loading rifles; while the founder of the Bank of England was a Scot - as was the first Governor of the US Navy; and even the man who authorised the translation of the Bible into English - King James VI and I. The sister of the late Queen, Elizabeth II, was born in Scotland - and their mother, also Queen Eliabeth - Consort of King George VI, was a member of the Scottish nobility. King Charles III is therefore the most Scottish monarch for centuries - and may well turn out to exceed even his mother, in terms of the percentage of his time that he spends here! Places - forget Stonehenge in England, for the stone circles (yes there are several) at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis are around two Millennia earlier, dating from around 4500 BC as opposed to Stonehenge's 2000 BC - and the many neolithic stones in Orkney are believed to be even older - the stone age settlement of Skara Brae being around 6000 years old and believed to be one of many in the area that have either been buried by shifting sand or drowned in the sea. Indeed, there is growing evidence that the Orkney Islands may have been a major centre of World Civilisation during the Stone Age. By all means go to Loch Ness and Skye as most of the other tourists do - passing through Glencoe if you do so by road and across Glenfinnan (i.e. "Harry Potter") viaduct as most of the other tourists go. But do it under your own steam so you can stop a while, take in a few hikes and discover for yourself just how wonderful our little nation really is. And when you're coming, call me - I live here, in Edinburgh; and I'll show you even more mind-blowing places, and maybe even buy you a drink!
Good post. Just one wee quibble. Scotland's Reformation started in the 1530s and the country was mainly Protestant by 1603. The largest group was Presbyterian.
Paul, that was a very insightful post. Thank you. You've clarified some facts and gave me some ideas of some other things about Scotland to check out. I'll definitely keep you mind for when I come for a visit in your area.
@@alicemilne1444 You are quite right, of course. It was the Royal House of Stuart that was Catholic, rather than the whole country by that stage; and the Regents of James VI sensibly raised him as a protestant.
Dunlop, of pneumatic tyre fame was Scottish. The best whisky to try is a single malt; there are hundreds to choose from. An island with a fascinating history is St Kilda, which is now uninhabited. I'm not surprised the video did not mention the poet William McGonagall, whose works should be categorised as "so bad it's good". The town of Corby in Northamptonshire has a large Scottish population and Irn Bru outsells Pepsi and Coca Cola there too.
John Dunlop was the re-inventor of the pneumatic tyre. the pneumatic tyre was in fact patented by one of Scotland’s most prolific inventors, Robert William Thomson on 10 December 1845, some 43 years before John Dunlop’s re-invention. He also invented the fountain pen. Thomson was also the originator of: -The washing mangle with reversible mangles -The ribbon saw -Elliptical rotary engine -Use of electricity to detonate explosive charges -Machinery for sugar manufacturing -The portable steam crane -Hydraulic dry dock
Scotch whisky is the only brand allowed to spell whisky as such, foreign whiskies are spelled Whiskey. Also tobacco was traded from the southern U.S states to Glasgow, which was the leading shipbuilders in the world at one point. The river Clyde runs through the centre of Glasgow and Clydebuilt was a byword for shipbuilding excellence. Sadly a long gone industry. As you picked up on Scotland & Ireland have a special connection going back millennia. Loved ur content mate.👍
A scottish man invented the World Wide Web and gave it to the world. Tim Berners Lee. I would suggest that you take a look at the english Cotswalds and Oxford and Cambridge.
The Irish, Scottish and Welsh share a heritage deriving from a group of peoples called kelts who were nomadic European peoples. The main distinction is that this happened long before any country existed and England has has a different historical influence through invasions mostly from germanic and Scandinavian sources. Thats why theres a difference but these go bk like i said before any nations existed but will go a long way to explaining language and cultural differences. Also you'll never be able to have someone send you haggis or black pudding to the US as your FDA has banned sheeps liver and heart for use in foods.
In 2011 I enrolled at The City of Glasgow College to do an HND Travel & Tourism course. One of my classes was in Scottish Tourism. I learned so many fascinating facts about my country. For instance, there is an actual Malt Whisky Trail where you can go visit all the famous distilleries such as The Glenlivet and Glen Moray distilleries. Only Scottish Whisky can be written as 'whisky'. All others are written as 'whiskey' and the largest customers for buying Scottish Whisky are the Chinese and Japanese markets. There are also Scottish Tourist Routes clearly signposted that you can drive, the most famous being The North Coast 500. Please come to Scotland to see the beauty of our small but perfectly formed country. Visit the Highlands for the scenery but also visit places like Glasgow, where you will meet some of the friendliest people on the planet and I guarantee you will keep returning.
Scottish whisky legally has to be spelled whisky and other countries do use that spelling including England, Wales, Canada, Australia and Japan. The Japanese love whisky and produce lots of their own. Whisky was brought to Japan by a Japanese man about 100 years ago who learned about distilling whisky while living in Scotland. It's said to be most like Scotch compared to other whiskies.
I've been to Edinburgh and Isle of skye, my nan was Scottish she died when I was very young but I do remember her being quite a stern lady and not to be messed with . 🙂 Beautiful scotland I love it .
Pronunciation: Glaz-go, Edin-buh-ruh. The Gaelic name for Scotland is written Alba but pronounced Al-a-pah. All three names have the stress on the first syllable. The Declaration of Arbroath - this time the stress is on the last syllable. Lochaber is pronounced Loch-ah-ber, stress on the "ah" and the "ch" is not pronounced like "ck", but a guttural "h". Royal House of Atholl, stress on the first syllable of Atholl. Clan MacDonald of Clanranald, the stress is on the "ran" part of Ranald. Lochshiel is pronounced Loch-sheel, stress on the second syllable. Braveheart is a horrible Hollywood distortion of history. Oil: Scotland had a booming shale oil industry in the 19th century. In the 20th century oil was discovered in the North Sea. Most of British oil&gas reserves are in Scottish waters and Aberdeen and the Shetland Islands became large oil centres. Drilling still goes on today, but Scotland produces all its electricity needs through renewables like wind, hydro, tidal and hydrogen energy. The Aberdeen Angus breed originated in Scoltand. Angus is a historical county in the East of Scotland. Scotland exports a lot of meat, but not to the whole world. The Highland cow, the hairy orange one is also a Scottish breed. Scotch Whisky is a legally protected designation. Yes, Scotland are Ireland are closely linked through language (Gaelic), music styles (fiddle, harp, bagpipes), the game of shinty (Scotland) and hurling (Ireland), migration back and forth for nearly 2000 years. Scottish sports that made it to the Olympics: the hammer, the shot putt, the pole vault, the triple jump, curling. The first electric car was made in Aberdeen in the 1840s. Biggest literary fraud in Europe: James Macpherson published a series of epic poems in the 1760s that he claimed to have translated from collecting oral recitations of works by a famous ancient bard called Ossian. The book was translated into scores of different languages and sold all over Europe until the fraud was discovered years later. Walter Scott was a real literary great, though, writing Ivanhoe and Rob Roy for example.
@@neuralwarp International maritime law doesn't work that way. Orkney and Shetland would be considered enclaves within Scottish waters and would only have a 12-mile limit around them. You just have to look at the situation with the Channel Islands.
The Irish, Scots, Welsh, etc are all Celts. Plus a part of Northern Ireland extending into the West coast of Scotland was known as Dalriada. These were the Scoti tribe. Scotland back then was really Pictland, and was inhabited by the picts. You should look further back to see all the different areas and tribes
Steve as a Glaswegian I'd like to thank you for covering my stunning homeland there's so much more to discover the list is endless the city's are amazing and there's no words to describe our Highlands you should view the Edinburgh Military Tattoo it's an amazing show especially if you like the bagpipes and Glasgow also hosts the world bagpipes championship and our people are amazing too 😄♥️🏴
Papa Westrey was mentioned in the video. But not mentioned was that the flight from there to Westray is not only the shortest commercial flight anywhere (takes 2 minutes), but also the most expensive mile for mile.
I did the flight in 83 seconds, the flight to Papa Westray (locals call it Papay) the next day to pick me up did it in 65 seconds. Also in the Orkney Islands is the second shortest commercial flight in the world between Sanday and Stronsay (4 mins). There are many more islands to fly to from Kirkwall on the main island, and all affordable. Fantastic scenery and a flying enthusiasts dream.
Outlander is one of the best TV shows of all time. “Time” being the operative word, as it’s about time travel and takes place in both the present and the 18th century, hopping back and forth. The premise is fantastic. It’s bloody awesome 😎 And it’s still in production.
@@vinnyganzano1930 You don’t need to apologise as if you’re informing me of some objective truth. Outlander is amazing. Enough people agree with me that it’s been going for eight years.
Another famous Scottish author is R.L Stevenson. Author of Treasure Island and Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. And Robert "Rabbie" Burns. Author of Tam O'Shanter, which some argue was ripped off and rebranded as the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. And Scotland was the birthplace and home of the famous cannibal Sawneys Bean and his family. The basis of the Hills Have Eyes.
Three other great RLS writings: Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae and (a short story, but one of my favourites) The Bottle Imp. Also, don't forget J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up!) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes).
@@Twiska - My apologies, I had only been through half the vid, got called to the door to take a package in and still haven't watched the rest... Duh! LOL 😀
One o my great randmother from 1700s is a Stevenson her nephews are the Stevenson's that built the lighthouses and george Stevenson who worked on the steamengine Robert loie Stevenson is related to me to
The templetons carpet factory in Glasgow(now closed) was the-go-to for carpets in it's hey day furnishing The White House, The Taj Mahal and The TItanic etc. The building itself was actually modelled on the dodge palace in Venice Italy. I believe Glasgow city wouldn't allow it to be built at the side of one largest parks in Glasgow (Glasgow Green)unless it was aesthetically pleasing.
The UK is reasonably independent for energy, I think we only get 4% from other countries. Scotland however, are completely self sufficient and make enough to sell to other countries. 😁
Not strictly true, we produce 2.5 times the energy we need in Scotland, but are paying the highest prices as it's sold abroad then sold back to us to support profiteering, or sold cheaply to subsidise England, depending on the source of energy. My family have been in oil since the 70s, and its produced only 70 miles from where i live, but i am paying the highest price in the world currently, thieving rats!
@@neuralwarp What absolute BritNat propagandist rubbish. If that were the case the U.K. government would be thrilled to be rid of us rather than desperate to keep us as an essential part of the U.K. In fact, we pay more than our share, as you well know.
@@neuralwarp we import gas, yes we do, does that make me wrong? Please do more reading before doubting others dude. "In 2020 56% of the electricity consumed in Scotland came from renewable sources, 30% from nuclear and 13% from fossil fuels"... The Scottish govt and Full Fact agree on this. We export a lot of our resources, the Tories allowed companies to get rid of gas storage to profiteer before the energy crisis, and still are, while paying them £100bn of our taxes for the pleasure of the highest prices in the world and lying by blaming it on Russia, again to support profiteering. We get c50% back from what we contribute to the exchequer, this includes only c8% of revenue from oil and gas. The Union of inequity has robbed us blind and lied about it for decades. Uppity Scots is the usual refrain in response to the alarms we have been raising. We have not voted Tory since the 1950s, there is a reason for that
@@neuralwarp I think you need to do more research. We have wind, solar, wave and hydropower, all of which generate energy. We also have 90% of the UKs fresh water, which will be a needed commodity in the near future. You quote a fact of only working 30% of the time, without looking at the bigger picture of all renewable energy and other wealth, including a thriving tourism, food and drink export etc. With regard to electricity prices we are paying in Scotland, the UK government sold the national grid and so Scotland has to send the electricity it generates to the national grid and then buy it back. When we buy it back, it is more expensive than it is for the south of England, because they charge us higher standing charges!! Work that out!! Some facts you may have missed. Scotland has 8.4% of the UKs population with 32% of the UKs landmass and 62% of its offshore maritime area, but also possesses: 34% of UKs natural wealth; 90% of UKs fresh water; 26% of renewable energy; 90% of the hydropower; 96% of the UKs crude oil and 63% natural gas; 60% of timber production; 70% of fish landings; 25% of EUROPE's offshore wind and 25% of EUROPE's tidal energy resources; finally 10% of EUROPE's wave power potential.
@@claregallagher8550 I've never heard anything about that energy situation and those stats are staggering, can I ask where you got this information? I'm not saying you're wrong but being able to prove it may just get my vote in the next refurendum, the big reason I've been unsure about Independence is I thought we'd be spending more than we'd be making but with those statistics, we could be one of europes most prosperous countries and maintain our socialist programs like free nursery through college without having to abuse taxes.
One thing i would add is St Andrews day All my family is Scottish or Irish and i genuinely have never celebrated this day for anything Scottish and no one i know does either The day i would recognise with Scotland is Burns Night or the 25th of January.
There is book called how scotland invented the modern world. For such a small country we've left a big footprint. Also Scotland is the oil capital of europe
Glasgow is the biggest city in Scotland greater Glasgow covers and area of 168 miles square and has a population of 1.8 million great city and fantastic people
It's worth checking out the Highlands, there is a railway that you can catch a train, and just take in the beautiful scenery, from Fort William to Mallaig which is a coastal place, where you can get a boat to the Isle of skye. It's a holiday I hope to go on sometime in my life.
The BBC produced an excellent series called "Coast" which explored the coastlines of Great Britain and Ireland and provides a clear insight to the history of the British Isles. Hosted by historian Neil Oliver and other heavyweights such as Nicholas Crane and his trademark umbrella, who in one episode tackled the Hardknott Pass in the Lake District on a 1930s bicycle, which is a challenge to many motorists and bikers. In the series Crane conquered the beautiful rock in Scotland on which Connor McCloud stood with his sword in the 1986 film Highlander. I cannot recall it's name but Christopher Lambert had to be skylifted by helicopter due to it's inaccessible location. Brilliant series and highly recommended as a valuable insight to the British Isles.
Yes indeed. Scotland does have almost ALL the islands. And almost ALL the fresh water. And almost ALL the oil and gas. And almost ALL the renewable power.
The Irish and Scottish "blood-line" is their shared ancient Goidelic Celtic heritage. Their languages are distinguished as Goidelic through the replacement of the consonant P (Brittonic languages - Welsh, Cornish, Breton) with Q. Thus pen in Welsh is kin in Irish and Gaelic. There is a theory, based upon an entry in the Annals of Tigernach, that the Scots were actually Irish immigrants who occupied Argyll in the late 6th. and early 7th. centuries A.D. The conversation of the Picts to Christianity from the 5th.- 6th. centuries A.D. was significantly influenced by Irish saints. My own research demonstrates that the Pictish language was a creole (advanced pidgin) which used Old Irish (the precursor of both modern Irish and Gaelic) for the lexicon, with an independent orthography (akin, in using doubled consonants, to Welsh) and grammar. Moreover, the Picts are often considered to be culturally similar to the Irish Cruthin. You're corret, there are a lot of old historical like between these peoples.
I'd be interested to know what research you have done into Pictish. As far as I know there are insufficient records (only a few Ogham insciptions on stone carvings) to reconstruct the language. And according to all the Celtic language scholars whose works I have read, Brittonnic and Goidelic were closely enough related 2000 years ago for there to have been a certain level of intelligibility. Pidgins only occur when peoples with completely unintelligible languages from completely different language families meet.
@@vaudevillian7 Yes, there is sufficient place name evidence to support the Brythonic theory for Pictish. Prefixes like Aber-, Pit- and Car- are found all over the mainland of Scotland east of the Grampians and north of the Forth.
Scotsman also created the US Navy and Buick. There is also an Island of South west Scotland called Ailsa Craig where the granite is used for every single olympic curling stone.
I am an honorary juroch, and this entitles me to visit the Isle of Jura distillery anytime I want. Any other Jurochs on stream?? I love Haggis, with a thick gravy. .yum!!. Yes, Aberdeen Angus beef is from Scotland...absolutely delicious.
Tobacco was not a Scottish crop. The 'tobacco trade' was a euphemism for the slaving triangle trade, sending trade goods to Africa, slaves to the USA/Caribbean, and tobacco and sugar to the UK. Many streets in Glasgow are named after the 'Tobacco Barons' and this has been an issue of protest that they don't deserve the honour. One protest saw the street signs replaced by the name of anti slavery heros, like Douglass, Tubman etc.
You seemed surprised at Scotland having 790 Islands m8, so I should tell you that in the British Isles as a whole, there are over 6,000 of them, from tiny little rocks to Great Britain itself.
We still have plenty of oil and natural gas. Many of us would prefer our independence though. And we are hoping for another referendum. But many are happy to stay. Personally if Scotland gained its independence. I’d be first in the queue for a Scottish Passport 🏅🤣
You have to come to Scotland, you would love the history and beautiful highlands and islands. Haggis is really amazing with neeps and tatties (turnips and mashed potatoes) and there are some truly amazing whisky to try, a nice matured single malt of 15 years or older are something to savour, a few of my favourites are Glenmorangie, Glenfiddich, Glenlivit.
Scottish Castles have a very distinctive architecture, due to their history. In medaeval times all Scottish Landowners were required by law to build a fortifiable house. The easiest to build was a traditional "Keep" , literally a high solid square building with walls many feet thick. Over time castles were expanded and stately homes were built which retained the Keep, incorporating it within the new design. The "tower" you referred to at Balmoral Castle is a copy of a Keep.
@@no-oneinparticular7264 As a Scotsman, I have never used the term Scotch to describe myself, but I don't have a problem with the the term and do know about things such as Scotch Whisky, Scotch Eggs and Scotch Tape.
@@neuralwarp Sort off. I was an English term coined in the 16th century and eventually made its way into the language, used by many Scottish writers such as Robert Burns. However, it has since fallen out of fashion and is only really used for commercial products and not people or culture, as it is seen as an English invention. Scots or Scottish is the term used. E.g Scots Law, Scots language etc.
5:30 The Irish and Scottish people share a common language (with some variation between the two) known as Gaelic. The two strains are usually referred to as Gaelic - generally pronounced Gay-lick for the Irish branch and Gah-lick for the Scottish version. Scots Gaelic is understood by
In 2022 52% of the 1,365 polled said they wanted independence. I know that is a tiny fraction of the whole population, but with all the issues with Brexit and the Tory Prime Ministers, I think it is unwise to think the opinion of the Scottish hasn't changed since 2014.
@@Twiska Utter fantasy. If there was now a majority in Scotland in favour of Independence, Sturgeon would be doing ALOT more than bringing a ridiculous legal challenge that has left the legal community scratching their heads. She only raised the challenge because she was expected to do so by the Independence supporters and it would've left her jacket on a very shaky nail if she hadn't
Additional Scottish inventions... The contact lense, the ATM, fingerprinting, the tyre, wave turbines, tarmac, the bicycle, the steam hammer, steel casting, modern economics, sociology, logarithms, the decimal point, the oil refinery, anesthesia, insulin, the bank of England, the bank of France, the banknote, Grand Theft Auto, chicken tikka masala, the tractor beam, the steamboat, Sherlock Holmes, Peter Pan, cordite, the electric clock, universal standard time, the seismometer, the raincoat...
The Tottie scone 🎭
Insulin was invented in Canada , your getting it confused with Pennicilin .
The television, the lightbulb, penicillin, the telephone.
Neumatic tyres
@@norawatson8916 the light bulb john swan
Fun fact Scotland is the only place in the world that contains the entire geological history of the earth. The north Highlands used to be part of the North American plate (we used to be part of Canada) until the European plate crash into it and Scotland hitched a ride across the ocean. 😁
As a Scotsman, we refer to the Irish as our Celtic kin and cousins, they are the only other culture that has certain things that are shared with ours, i would imagine they would feel the same, Scots Gaelic is remarkably similar to the Irish spoken language also.
@@Hummus-fl9vr "adopted", is a word i would use loosely, more "enforced". We didn't really have a say in it, did we? thankfully only the good half is still Celtic.
@@Hummus-fl9vrScots is also recognised as a unique language.
@@Hummus-fl9vrwhat you're thinking of is Scots, which stems from the same source as middle English - Northumbric. Obviously, differences then developed, with other influences such as Frisian etc. I suspect that the great vowel shift played a part too. I very much doubt this lad would find Doric Scots or Shetlandic particularly intelligible, and yet we've all been speaking English all these centuries? Aye, right.
@Hummus-fl9vr The Education (Scotland) Act 1872.
The act mandated the exclusive use of English-medium education in Scotland, in effect banning Scottish Gaelic medium education. For this reason it is credited with causing substantial harm to the Scottish Gaelic language and contributing to its overall decline.
The Education (Scotland) Act 1872 effectively put an end to non-English medium education and repressed Gaelic with pupils being punished for speaking the language. Pupils were belted if caught speaking in Gaelic and beaten again if they did not reveal the names of other students speaking Gaelic.The effect of the education act upon the Gaelic language has been described as "disastrous"and by denying the value of Gaelic culture and language, contributed to destroying the self-respect of Gaelic communities. It was a continuation of a general policy by British governments after 1707 which aimed at Anglicisation.
As a result of facing punishment and humiliation for speaking Gaelic, many parents decided not to pass on the language to their children, resulting in language shift.
With only 13 miles of water between us it's not surprising there are a lot of links.
Regarding the Irish and Scottish thing you were asking about, we are the exact same ethnic group. Celtic. There are 6 Celtic 'nations' - Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Man, Cornwall and Brittany (in France). Brittany, Cornwall and Wales are Celts of the Brythonic variety whilst the Scottish, Irish and Manx Celts are of the Goidelic, or Gaelic, variety. So yes, Irish and Scottish are essentially the same people when you get right down to it.
This is not entirely accurate, although Scotland is seen a a Celtic nation the Romans did go out of their way to distinguish the area they called Caledonia, modern Scotland, as different peoples from those they had already encountered in the Celtic World. They called them Picts. These were the predominant people in the country and are not seen as being Celtic, at least not by the Romans. The Scots are Pict/Celt not just Celt. So not the exact same people, but similar i guess. Am i being pedantic, yes, yes i am. Also i do know the argument as to the Picts being Celts, specifically Welsh, my own name meaning Welsh speaking in Gaelic. But i'll go with the Romans on this, us Scots are Pict/Ce;lt the same way the English are Anglo/Saxon.
@@waldorfmcvitty4854 i wouldn't call it pedantic as much as i would call it picking one side of a largely undocumented debate and simply running with it. I could argue the Celtic Britons involvement before the Romans and them settling in mainland Europe, Cornwall and Wales is a plausible link across the Irish Sea for both sets of settlers. There is no doubt the people that occupied both Ireland and Scotland diverged over the centuries but they would appear to have shared bloodlines long before the picts.
@@phdotsco it's always been interesting to me where the Picts came from before Scotland or were they indigenous people like the Welsh 🏴
no we are not the same,I am Scottish and proud British and proud,nothing to do with ireland.
You missed out Galicia
You had no idea whisky was so big in Scotland 🤣😂🤣
From the Gaelic _Uisge Beatha_ literally "The Water of Life" 🙂
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They only teach American History in the States they are so inward looking it’s so unbelievable .
@@digidol52 😂😂😂
wait youre telling me the scots are known for scotch? 😅
As a glaswegian, thank you pronouncing Glasgow properly and taking an interest in our wee country. I know other people have mentioned it but you should definitely have a look at all the invention that scotland introduced to the world. Apologies of you have already done this. Only just seen one of your videos
I live in the Outer Hebrides & it's an absolutely stunning place. White sandy beaches, clear green sea & not many people! Love it!
Labour have promised to enrich every corner of the Uk enjoy while you can before Scotland is turned into a 3rd world zest pit . That’s the price we pay for being in a toxic union with England
The glib way that the Highland Clearances were described is unbelieveable.
Yea they all just moved to the coast 🙄
It's embarrassing that a Englishman made so much fun and left out important aspects
@@Caledonia2104 Extended holiday wasn't it?
The narrator is a patronising condescending Numptie!
I do wish someone would teach this patronising eejit how to pronounce names , places and geographic features accurately .
His history ‘ facts ‘ are also decidedly shonkie.
Presumably yet another outstanding example of an Ingerlish Edumacashun.
Think I've just stopped laughing after a long time at the "no idea whisky was so big in Scotland" line.
Scotch
The American constitution is based on the declaration of Arbroath so that would be worth a look for you
@@digidol52 4 Scots were founding fathers .
Haggis is delicious. You dont eat the stomach or other casing, it's just for keeping the filling together so it's easy to cook. When its cooked you open it up and then only serve the 'stuffing' inside. I recommend having it traditionally with mashed potatoes and turnip/Swede and a whisky cream sauce. Haggis, neeps and tatties!
There's a book called How The Scots Invented The Modern World. I bought a copy from Barnes & Noble when I was in San Diego. You should get a copy. It's unbelievable how much we've contributed to the world for such a small country.
“Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.” Winston Churchill.
@@Dunsapie ... and the word 'Dorian' connects both nations.
I have it myself great book hundreds of
inventions .
Yes Scotland contribute alot in the modren world development ❤
The oil industry in Scotland is mainly based out of Aberdeen. Lots of oil platforms in the North Sea. There is a road trip you can do, called The North Coast 500.
You should hear the accents of some of those Scottish island folk , it’s so beautiful and totally different from mainland accents , very unique , especially the older generations accents
As a Shetlander, I agree. Shetland has its own dialect and is very difficult for anyone to understand who isn’t from here
@@TheHoff1902 I could listen to you guys talk all day , when you compare my dour Glaswegian accent to your beautiful accents there is no comparison , you guys win hands down , even in your way of life.
I wonder if that lovely soft accent, and language, derive from the Gaelic.
@@fenellainnis7216 What? One was English, the other a yank!!!
@@scottishwoodart I mean the islanders accents in general, because a lot of creators that show British accents never show any any Scots accents except Glasgow and Edinburgh, would be nice to showcase some of the islands and highlands beautiful accents too.
If you want to see beautiful beaches in Scotland look up Luskentyre, Harris and Reef, Lewis. Also most of the West coast of the Uists and don't forget Barra which also has the only scheduled air service in the world to land on a beach. The schedule depends on the tides!
You've never lived until you've experienced a sunset across a Hebridean beach, or driven through rugged Argyll, stopped of at Oban, or Glencoe, rural Perthshire, Fife and its historic fishing villages, or the beautiful rolling countryside of Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway or up north the Cairngorm mountain region or Sutherland. The cities are much like many cities, there's a Starbucks on every corner. Glasgow and Edinburgh are very different from each other and unique. You'll figure out what you like best by experience. The people are what make Scotland, ultimately. Good luck and may your memories be long.
The Celts/Scandis used to trade with each other so Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark have very close ancient ties.
Alexander Fleming was born in Darvel , Ayrshire.
My dog once had a long pee on the sign post showing where he was born.
I tried to explain the significance of Fleming's achievement. My dog couldn't care less. He was a proud dog and had no time for human history.
As much as I thank Fleming for his contribution to human history. I've got to support my dog and have his back .
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Best post I have ever read 😂😂😂😂
Wow this made me even more proud to be Scottish 🥰🥰🥰
Every day's a school day ĺove being scottish 🏴💙🏴
I love Scotland ❤
I'm from Aberdeen Scotland and its known as the oil capital if Europe, we have a huge oil industry here, there's oil rigs off in the North Sea
Also stavanger Norway is famous for oil industry is in Europe 🌍
Shame Scotland doesn't own any of it's oil anymore, that industry has been ruined by the UK government
Aye, the North sea oil field. It must've been a massive undertaking to get those first rigs set up.
Im a Scot also but we dont have much in Oil today via being ravaged up all Oil by Westminster in London .
British government issued 100 new oil permits or licenses so they’re definitely still extracting oil & gas yet we were told Scotland would run dry during the independence referendum more Tory lies.
You should definitely search for "what did Scotland invent"
Or "What Scotland didn't invent". That's a shorter video. ;)
The answer is ‘almost every bloody thing’.
If they didnt invent it its not worth a light
Everything
I love the story about the Queen at Balmoral, she was out and about a couple of American tourists walked up to her. They thought she was a local, they asked her if she had ever seen the Queen? She replied no but he has pointing to her security bloke. She was game.
I’m with those that can’t believe you didn’t know about whisky! There are over 140 distilleries here, with 8 on the Isle of Islay (pronounced like eye-la) alone. It’s called Scotch for a reason. Always go with a single malt.
Haggis is absolutely delicious!
Not all Angus beef comes from Scotland, however the breed of cow, Aberdeen Angus, does.
The Whisky thing "Scotch"
Scottish Whisky when drank outside of Scotland
As there are so many inhabited islands in Scotland there are ferries everywhere. Skye is so close to the mainland that a bridge now connects the two. The first time I went to Skye was a train ride from Inverness to the Kyle of Lochalsh. The train ride is one of the most beautiful trips in the world. At the Kyle of Lochalsh the train stops at what was the ferry pier. It was a short 15-minute ride to the Isle of Skye. The longest ferry ride in Scotland is the trip from Aberdeen to The Shetlands, it took me 12 hours, it stops in the Orkneys on the way. This crossing can be very rough, the tables and chairs are fixed to the floor. You can also fly between the two. The Scottish Government subsidises the ferries so a ferry trip can be reasonably cheap, and they can be frequent. The ferry to Shetland is Northern Ferries, the other Islands are usually run by Caledonian MacBrayne.
My maternal grandmother was Scottish and I lived just outside Stirling for 4 years in the early to mid 70's. Have visited several times since and the scenery never fails to be stunning.
My son in law from the Highlands is the current and has been twice before worlds stongest man.Tom Stoltmon.The Highlands is a beautiful part of Scotland. Im proud of my wee country. 🏴🏴
The gateway to the Highlands Stirling where William Wallace fought the English at the battle of Stirling bridge in 1297 ,I think. You will find the Wallace monument there as well as the castle which dates from late 1500s but there has been defences there from well before.
The Orkney islands has archaeology dating back to 4000BC. There is now some belief that the oldest standing stones in Britain are there and not Stonehenge
My mum comes from a small island on the west of Scotland, in the area called the inner Hebrides called the island of Coll. Just about 200 people stay there
A big hiya fae Edinburgh🏴Loved this reaction, and love that University of Edinburgh is included. Currently studying there for my nursing degree. Born and bred in Edinburgh and proud to be Scottish🏴❤Scotland is an amazing country, that’s why people fall in love when they visit!♥️
The line about scotkand not being a theme park is from tourism. I actually had an American tourist ask why edininburgh castle was built so far from the sirport, and a Japanese tourist stop traffic in princes (not princess) street to take a picture of a mannequin waring a cheap kilt
Tunnock's Tea Cakes. Can't believe they weren't on the list.
As for your comments on haggis and black pudding, God starts his day with a roll of sliced sausage, bacon, haggis, black pudding, tattie scone and HP sauce.
Be well laddie, cheers from Scotland 🍻❤
Or Tunnocks caramel wafers lol 🏴
Or their Carmel wafers :)
Don't forget Irn Bru 👍
They forgot aboot a scotch pie, Forfar bridie, oor wullie and the broons
and a rowie with marmalade
Iam a red head and was born in South west Scotland across from Ireland, what a fantastic country 😍😍
Yep, you can see Scotland if you’re standing on the cliffs of Northern Ireland. I’ve seen it myself!
Went camping on the tip of the Kintyre peninsula and could see NI from there. Also got sun stroke, good times
Tobacco wasn't grown in uk but the Glasgow merchants traded in many products from USA. As in cotton, tobacco etc
Yes Ireland and Scotland are one of the same ppl really - our Clans and blood are intertwined we are so so similar, many Irish have Scottish heritage
The Youngs (AC/DC) were from Glasgow. What Tom missed was Bon Scott, the original singer, was from Kirriemuir in Angus, where there is a statue of him.
Well done on saying GLASGOW correctly 👏👏
Scotland and Ireland are Celtic brothers.
Don't, Don't, ever use Braveheart as a historical reference !!!! It's PISH !!
SCOTTISH OIL !
Scots today are more and more looking for independence.
Whisky is called SCOTCH for a reason !
I wouldn't say the word PERIOD too often, as it means something very different in the UK !!
I love haggis. With NEEPS and TATTIES. You don't eat the casing/ bag .
Other countries have Aberdeen Angus cows.
Old fridges used large blocks of ice.
Surprised he never mentioned ROBBIE BURNS or Burns Night celebrations !!
Everyone around where I live (Manchester) says Glazgoh rather than Glasgoh.
@@andrewwells3367 That is the right way to say it in Scots.
Rabbie*
@@Kstaann my mistake.Blame my sausage fingers !!
@@enemde3025 nae worries auld yin
Balmoral Castle is where Queen Elizabeth 11 died in September. It was her favourite place.
Oil is not just drilled for in the north sea, we have a small oil field in Poole harbour.
Tobacco was never grown as a commercial crop in the UK But Glasgow was a center for the Importation & marketing of the commodity.
Was a scotsman that invented the usa navy.
The number of islands thing reminded me of a collection of mountains in Scotland known as the "Munro's". There are 282 of them (others exist not part of the Munro's). If you manage to climb them all, which as you imagine is quite a challenge, you become known as a "Munroists" and are eligible to join the Munro Society.
The first people to achieve this was A. E. Robertson, a Scottish minister in 1901. To date only around 6,000 people have completed the challenge.
The tobacco was grown in Virgina and imported into Scotland via Glasgow.
Apparently James the 6th sent Calvary to trample down 13 acres of tobacco that had been planted in the jedburgh and kelso districts because he didn't want tobacco grown in Britain
he was trying to start the Virginia tobacco plantations to make the colony self suporting
and make it a royal monopoly so he could collect the tax on it and nothing has changed 500 years later lol
The Big Yin himself said it best, the Scottish people come from Irish stock that had the urge to move somewhere colder and wetter👍
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Well he would he’s Glaswegian. No offence but he would say that. Left though , do t believe he stays there 😂
Angus is a region of Scotland .
The narrowest part of the Irish Sea (between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland) is between what is now Northern Ireland and Scotland, at just 17 miles. There has therefore always a good deal of toing and froing between the two, mainly for the purposes of seasonal agricultural employment (in the past), and of course there are many close family relationships in both of these nations as a consequence. Until the Union of the Crowns in 1603, Scotland was a Catholic nation and therefore had that in common with much of Ireland and, even to the present day, there are strong cultural similarities between the two and in particular, the so-called Ulster Scots, of the Ulster Province of Ireland (which includes the whole of the political state of Northern Ireland) and the industrialised parts of Glasgow, the Clyde Valley and Western Scotland. Sectarianism in fact, is stronger in some Scottish communities than it is in Ireland - to the extent that the Scottish Government has even made it illegal to express in public, such as at football matches. This is the main basis for the infamous rivalry between the Glasgow Celtic (Catholic) and Glasgow Rangers (Protestant, and loyalist to Britain) teams. The Gaelic languages, although similar, aren't quite the same, with Scots Gaelic being particularly confined to just a few areas of the westernmost islands and northwest highlands, whereas Irish Gaelic is widely recognised and used across the whole island.
Glaz-GO is indeed the correct pronunciation of Glasgow, while that of Edinburgh is Edin-BRUH. The word 'burgh' (pronounced like BURRAH), incidentally, is the Scottish version of the English 'borough', denoting that the so-named place has been deliberately established as such and within given boundaries at some point; and is controlled by a democratically elected Council. Scotland did have large numbers of 'Royal Burghs' which in some respects were the equivalent of English cities that were so-named and privileged by a king's charter at some point - mostly in the 13th and 14th Centuries. While Dunfermline was certainly a Royal Residence in the distant past, the claim that it is a past capital city of Scotland is rather dubious incidentally, as there is no evidence that Government ever met there. The claims of Stirling and (especially) Perth, are known to be much more genuine. Edinburgh was a large city long before Glasgow by the way, whose population reached a peak of over a million during the 1930s; and has been in gradual decline ever since. By the4 same argument, you might ask why Washington DC is the American capital when New York or Los Angeles might seem like more obvious choices!
When the independence referendum failed to win a majority in 2014, almost everyone on every side of the argument agreed that it is probably inevitable that Scotland will become independent from the UK in the future. This is largely due to the fact that in recent decades, the majority of Scottish voters haven't got what they voted for in the UK government - because it has always been dominated by just two Unionist political parties, neither of which is willing to accede any of their nominal power through the introduction of any form of Proportional Representation in the UK Government - despite it being very common elsewhere in Europe and even the Scottish Government being elected on the STV+1 system! Worse still, it is really only the Conservative Party that has sufficient support within England and only minority support in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; as the Labour Party usually needs their votes to win a majority on the existing, first-past-the-post, electoral system! While older people in Scotland are still sceptical about the advantages of independence (with the usual regional variations), it is clear that younger generations are increasingly supportive of it.
What would I add? Well, there are quite a few more inventions by Scottish people - raincoats and rubber wellington boots (Mackintosh hence, "mac"), tarmac road surfaces (McAdam), bicycles, breech-loading rifles; while the founder of the Bank of England was a Scot - as was the first Governor of the US Navy; and even the man who authorised the translation of the Bible into English - King James VI and I. The sister of the late Queen, Elizabeth II, was born in Scotland - and their mother, also Queen Eliabeth - Consort of King George VI, was a member of the Scottish nobility. King Charles III is therefore the most Scottish monarch for centuries - and may well turn out to exceed even his mother, in terms of the percentage of his time that he spends here! Places - forget Stonehenge in England, for the stone circles (yes there are several) at Callanish on the Isle of Lewis are around two Millennia earlier, dating from around 4500 BC as opposed to Stonehenge's 2000 BC - and the many neolithic stones in Orkney are believed to be even older - the stone age settlement of Skara Brae being around 6000 years old and believed to be one of many in the area that have either been buried by shifting sand or drowned in the sea. Indeed, there is growing evidence that the Orkney Islands may have been a major centre of World Civilisation during the Stone Age.
By all means go to Loch Ness and Skye as most of the other tourists do - passing through Glencoe if you do so by road and across Glenfinnan (i.e. "Harry Potter") viaduct as most of the other tourists go. But do it under your own steam so you can stop a while, take in a few hikes and discover for yourself just how wonderful our little nation really is. And when you're coming, call me - I live here, in Edinburgh; and I'll show you even more mind-blowing places, and maybe even buy you a drink!
Good post. Just one wee quibble. Scotland's Reformation started in the 1530s and the country was mainly Protestant by 1603. The largest group was Presbyterian.
Paul, that was a very insightful post. Thank you. You've clarified some facts and gave me some ideas of some other things about Scotland to check out. I'll definitely keep you mind for when I come for a visit in your area.
@@alicemilne1444 You are quite right, of course. It was the Royal House of Stuart that was Catholic, rather than the whole country by that stage; and the Regents of James VI sensibly raised him as a protestant.
Dunlop, of pneumatic tyre fame was Scottish. The best whisky to try is a single malt; there are hundreds to choose from. An island with a fascinating history is St Kilda, which is now uninhabited. I'm not surprised the video did not mention the poet William McGonagall, whose works should be categorised as "so bad it's good". The town of Corby in Northamptonshire has a large Scottish population and Irn Bru outsells Pepsi and Coca Cola there too.
St kilda isn't uninhabited it has researchers living on it all year round
John Dunlop was the re-inventor of the pneumatic tyre. the pneumatic tyre was in fact patented by one of Scotland’s most prolific inventors, Robert William Thomson on 10 December 1845, some 43 years before John Dunlop’s re-invention. He also invented the fountain pen.
Thomson was also the originator of:
-The washing mangle with reversible mangles
-The ribbon saw
-Elliptical rotary engine
-Use of electricity to detonate explosive charges
-Machinery for sugar manufacturing
-The portable steam crane
-Hydraulic dry dock
Scotch whisky is the only brand allowed to spell whisky as such, foreign whiskies are spelled Whiskey. Also tobacco was traded from the southern U.S states to Glasgow, which was the leading shipbuilders in the world at one point. The river Clyde runs through the centre of Glasgow and Clydebuilt was a byword for shipbuilding excellence. Sadly a long gone industry.
As you picked up on Scotland & Ireland have a special connection going back millennia. Loved ur content mate.👍
A scottish man invented the World Wide Web and gave it to the world. Tim Berners Lee. I would suggest that you take a look at the english Cotswalds and Oxford and Cambridge.
The Irish, Scottish and Welsh share a heritage deriving from a group of peoples called kelts who were nomadic European peoples. The main distinction is that this happened long before any country existed and England has has a different historical influence through invasions mostly from germanic and Scandinavian sources. Thats why theres a difference but these go bk like i said before any nations existed but will go a long way to explaining language and cultural differences. Also you'll never be able to have someone send you haggis or black pudding to the US as your FDA has banned sheeps liver and heart for use in foods.
In 2011 I enrolled at The City of Glasgow College to do an HND Travel & Tourism course. One of my classes was in Scottish Tourism. I learned so many fascinating facts about my country. For instance, there is an actual Malt Whisky Trail where you can go visit all the famous distilleries such as The Glenlivet and Glen Moray distilleries. Only Scottish Whisky can be written as 'whisky'. All others are written as 'whiskey' and the largest customers for buying Scottish Whisky are the Chinese and Japanese markets.
There are also Scottish Tourist Routes clearly signposted that you can drive, the most famous being The North Coast 500.
Please come to Scotland to see the beauty of our small but perfectly formed country. Visit the Highlands for the scenery but also visit places like Glasgow, where you will meet some of the friendliest people on the planet and I guarantee you will keep returning.
Scottish whisky legally has to be spelled whisky and other countries do use that spelling including England, Wales, Canada, Australia and Japan. The Japanese love whisky and produce lots of their own. Whisky was brought to Japan by a Japanese man about 100 years ago who learned about distilling whisky while living in Scotland. It's said to be most like Scotch compared to other whiskies.
I've been to Edinburgh and Isle of skye, my nan was Scottish she died when I was very young but I do remember her being quite a stern lady and not to be messed with . 🙂 Beautiful scotland I love it .
Yep it’s the Unicorn 🦄 and Flower is the Thistle . And the wild haggis so yummy
Pronunciation: Glaz-go, Edin-buh-ruh. The Gaelic name for Scotland is written Alba but pronounced Al-a-pah. All three names have the stress on the first syllable. The Declaration of Arbroath - this time the stress is on the last syllable.
Lochaber is pronounced Loch-ah-ber, stress on the "ah" and the "ch" is not pronounced like "ck", but a guttural "h". Royal House of Atholl, stress on the first syllable of Atholl. Clan MacDonald of Clanranald, the stress is on the "ran" part of Ranald. Lochshiel is pronounced Loch-sheel, stress on the second syllable.
Braveheart is a horrible Hollywood distortion of history.
Oil: Scotland had a booming shale oil industry in the 19th century. In the 20th century oil was discovered in the North Sea. Most of British oil&gas reserves are in Scottish waters and Aberdeen and the Shetland Islands became large oil centres. Drilling still goes on today, but Scotland produces all its electricity needs through renewables like wind, hydro, tidal and hydrogen energy.
The Aberdeen Angus breed originated in Scoltand. Angus is a historical county in the East of Scotland. Scotland exports a lot of meat, but not to the whole world. The Highland cow, the hairy orange one is also a Scottish breed.
Scotch Whisky is a legally protected designation.
Yes, Scotland are Ireland are closely linked through language (Gaelic), music styles (fiddle, harp, bagpipes), the game of shinty (Scotland) and hurling (Ireland), migration back and forth for nearly 2000 years.
Scottish sports that made it to the Olympics: the hammer, the shot putt, the pole vault, the triple jump, curling.
The first electric car was made in Aberdeen in the 1840s.
Biggest literary fraud in Europe: James Macpherson published a series of epic poems in the 1760s that he claimed to have translated from collecting oral recitations of works by a famous ancient bard called Ossian. The book was translated into scores of different languages and sold all over Europe until the fraud was discovered years later.
Walter Scott was a real literary great, though, writing Ivanhoe and Rob Roy for example.
Edin-bru ( 'u' sounding like the 'u' in up )
@@neuralwarp International maritime law doesn't work that way. Orkney and Shetland would be considered enclaves within Scottish waters and would only have a 12-mile limit around them. You just have to look at the situation with the Channel Islands.
Golf is now in the Olympics too
Also, William the Lion was defeated at the Battle of Alnwick which is pronounced "Annick" (not "All-n-wick"!).
@@MrBulky992 Yep. I noted that and forgot to include it.
We also invited the ultrasound
It’s Aberdeen Angus and it comes from Scotland 🏴 fed on special grass only available in Scotland unique taste .
The Irish, Scots, Welsh, etc are all Celts. Plus a part of Northern Ireland extending into the West coast of Scotland was known as Dalriada. These were the Scoti tribe. Scotland back then was really Pictland, and was inhabited by the picts. You should look further back to see all the different areas and tribes
The Cornish too.
Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC were born in Glasgow, the bands first vocalist, Bon Scott was born in Forfar.
Steve as a Glaswegian I'd like to thank you for covering my stunning homeland there's so much more to discover the list is endless the city's are amazing and there's no words to describe our Highlands you should view the Edinburgh Military Tattoo it's an amazing show especially if you like the bagpipes and Glasgow also hosts the world bagpipes championship and our people are amazing too 😄♥️🏴
The Irish and Scottish love each other and the Welsh as they are all cells.
Papa Westrey was mentioned in the video. But not mentioned was that the flight from there to Westray is not only the shortest commercial flight anywhere (takes 2 minutes), but also the most expensive mile for mile.
I did the flight in 83 seconds, the flight to Papa Westray (locals call it Papay) the next day to pick me up did it in 65 seconds. Also in the Orkney Islands is the second shortest commercial flight in the world between Sanday and Stronsay (4 mins). There are many more islands to fly to from Kirkwall on the main island, and all affordable. Fantastic scenery and a flying enthusiasts dream.
Outlander is one of the best TV shows of all time. “Time” being the operative word, as it’s about time travel and takes place in both the present and the 18th century, hopping back and forth. The premise is fantastic. It’s bloody awesome 😎 And it’s still in production.
Sorry but Outlander is absolutely shite.
@@vinnyganzano1930 You don’t need to apologise as if you’re informing me of some objective truth. Outlander is amazing. Enough people agree with me that it’s been going for eight years.
I would add that the US Navy was Founded by a Scotsman: John Paul Jones and an Irishman: John Barry
Another famous Scottish author is R.L Stevenson. Author of Treasure Island and Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. And Robert "Rabbie" Burns. Author of Tam O'Shanter, which some argue was ripped off and rebranded as the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. And Scotland was the birthplace and home of the famous cannibal Sawneys Bean and his family. The basis of the Hills Have Eyes.
Three other great RLS writings: Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae and (a short story, but one of my favourites) The Bottle Imp. Also, don't forget J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up!) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes).
@@stewedfishproductions7959 , I didn't forget them. They were in the video. I was mentioning people the video left out.
@@Twiska - My apologies, I had only been through half the vid, got called to the door to take a package in and still haven't watched the rest... Duh! LOL 😀
One o my great randmother from 1700s is a Stevenson her nephews are the Stevenson's that built the lighthouses and george Stevenson who worked on the steamengine Robert loie Stevenson is related to me to
The templetons carpet factory in Glasgow(now closed) was the-go-to for carpets in it's hey day furnishing The White House, The Taj Mahal and The TItanic etc.
The building itself was actually modelled on the dodge palace in Venice Italy.
I believe Glasgow city wouldn't allow it to be built at the side of one largest parks in Glasgow (Glasgow Green)unless it was aesthetically pleasing.
Gosh, Templetons! My sister was a designer there in the 1960s.
We still have domestic oil production. Basically everyone with a stem degree in Aberdeen gets headhunted by north sea oil and gas companies.
Marholm and Angus Young were born in Skerryvore Street, Cranhill, Glasgow. The building are no longer there.
Haggis is delicious, especially with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and mashed potatoes)
You would be most welcomed in Scotland. When people have visited and leaving, they are generally told "Haste Ye Back!" (Hurry back again).
The UK is reasonably independent for energy, I think we only get 4% from other countries. Scotland however, are completely self sufficient and make enough to sell to other countries. 😁
Not strictly true, we produce 2.5 times the energy we need in Scotland, but are paying the highest prices as it's sold abroad then sold back to us to support profiteering, or sold cheaply to subsidise England, depending on the source of energy.
My family have been in oil since the 70s, and its produced only 70 miles from where i live, but i am paying the highest price in the world currently, thieving rats!
@@neuralwarp What absolute BritNat propagandist rubbish. If that were the case the U.K. government would be thrilled to be rid of us rather than desperate to keep us as an essential part of the U.K. In fact, we pay more than our share, as you well know.
@@neuralwarp we import gas, yes we do, does that make me wrong? Please do more reading before doubting others dude. "In 2020 56% of the electricity consumed in Scotland came from renewable sources, 30% from nuclear and 13% from fossil fuels"... The Scottish govt and Full Fact agree on this. We export a lot of our resources, the Tories allowed companies to get rid of gas storage to profiteer before the energy crisis, and still are, while paying them £100bn of our taxes for the pleasure of the highest prices in the world and lying by blaming it on Russia, again to support profiteering. We get c50% back from what we contribute to the exchequer, this includes only c8% of revenue from oil and gas. The Union of inequity has robbed us blind and lied about it for decades. Uppity Scots is the usual refrain in response to the alarms we have been raising. We have not voted Tory since the 1950s, there is a reason for that
@@neuralwarp I think you need to do more research. We have wind, solar, wave and hydropower, all of which generate energy. We also have 90% of the UKs fresh water, which will be a needed commodity in the near future. You quote a fact of only working 30% of the time, without looking at the bigger picture of all renewable energy and other wealth, including a thriving tourism, food and drink export etc. With regard to electricity prices we are paying in Scotland, the UK government sold the national grid and so Scotland has to send the electricity it generates to the national grid and then buy it back. When we buy it back, it is more expensive than it is for the south of England, because they charge us higher standing charges!! Work that out!!
Some facts you may have missed. Scotland has 8.4% of the UKs population with 32% of the UKs landmass and 62% of its offshore maritime area, but also possesses:
34% of UKs natural wealth; 90% of UKs fresh water; 26% of renewable energy; 90% of the hydropower; 96% of the UKs crude oil and 63% natural gas; 60% of timber production; 70% of fish landings; 25% of EUROPE's offshore wind and 25% of EUROPE's tidal energy resources; finally 10% of EUROPE's wave power potential.
@@claregallagher8550 I've never heard anything about that energy situation and those stats are staggering, can I ask where you got this information? I'm not saying you're wrong but being able to prove it may just get my vote in the next refurendum, the big reason I've been unsure about Independence is I thought we'd be spending more than we'd be making but with those statistics, we could be one of europes most prosperous countries and maintain our socialist programs like free nursery through college without having to abuse taxes.
One thing i would add is St Andrews day
All my family is Scottish or Irish and i genuinely have never celebrated this day for anything Scottish and no one i know does either
The day i would recognise with Scotland is Burns Night or the 25th of January.
And im from the Kingdom of Fife which St Andrews is part of and still we never celebrate St Andrews day
There is book called how scotland invented the modern world. For such a small country we've left a big footprint.
Also Scotland is the oil capital of europe
There was also a thriving shale oil industry in West Lothian for many years.
The relationship is like cousin between scotland and Ireland
Catholic Scottish like Ireland and hate the British and Protestant prefer the British and don’t like Irish it’s like Celtic v rangers
Tobacco was never grwon in the UK but Glasgow was a big port/ship building it became rich due to the slave and tobacco trades with the New World.
Scotland held the first ever soccer international match(Scotland v England 1872) in Glasgow! Also invented the sports of Golf and Curling!
And ice hockey
Cough we also won the first world championship in football 🙄 with Renton beating West Bromwich 🙄😂😂
cawdor castle and Aldourie Castle are both really nice too
Glasgow is the biggest city in Scotland greater Glasgow covers and area of 168 miles square and has a population of 1.8 million great city and fantastic people
Big isnt ‘ everything, Edinburgh my city is beautiful and classy , not all posh , snobby people the Glaswegians like to make us out .
It's worth checking out the Highlands, there is a railway that you can catch a train, and just take in the beautiful scenery, from Fort William to Mallaig which is a coastal place, where you can get a boat to the Isle of skye. It's a holiday I hope to go on sometime in my life.
What’s now west Scotland and Ireland had cultural ties thousands of years before Anglo-Saxons even came to the British isles.
The BBC produced an excellent series called "Coast" which explored the coastlines of Great Britain and Ireland and provides a clear insight to the history of the British Isles. Hosted by historian Neil Oliver and other heavyweights such as Nicholas Crane and his trademark umbrella, who in one episode tackled the Hardknott Pass in the Lake District on a 1930s bicycle, which is a challenge to many motorists and bikers. In the series Crane conquered the beautiful rock in Scotland on which Connor McCloud stood with his sword in the 1986 film Highlander. I cannot recall it's name but Christopher Lambert had to be skylifted by helicopter due to it's inaccessible location. Brilliant series and highly recommended as a valuable insight to the British Isles.
P.S. When you try Haggis and/or Black Pudding, I strongly recommend Stornoway Blackpudding!
Stornoway black pudding served with fresh scallops👍
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#79: Got an ice cold Irn Bru beside me right now (but being from Glasgow I call it Ginger. As in; "Gie's a boattla Ginger, mate.") Love the stuff.
Yes indeed. Scotland does have almost ALL the islands. And almost ALL the fresh water. And almost ALL the oil and gas. And almost ALL the renewable power.
I love Scotland ❤ blessed God own wee country 😊
Also the oil industry is in Aberdeen, wind power is the second biggest generator of electricity, also Scots are 96% White.
The Irish and Scottish "blood-line" is their shared ancient Goidelic Celtic heritage. Their languages are distinguished as Goidelic through the replacement of the consonant P (Brittonic languages - Welsh, Cornish, Breton) with Q. Thus pen in Welsh is kin in Irish and Gaelic. There is a theory, based upon an entry in the Annals of Tigernach, that the Scots were actually Irish immigrants who occupied Argyll in the late 6th. and early 7th. centuries A.D. The conversation of the Picts to Christianity from the 5th.- 6th. centuries A.D. was significantly influenced by Irish saints. My own research demonstrates that the Pictish language was a creole (advanced pidgin) which used Old Irish (the precursor of both modern Irish and Gaelic) for the lexicon, with an independent orthography (akin, in using doubled consonants, to Welsh) and grammar. Moreover, the Picts are often considered to be culturally similar to the Irish Cruthin. You're corret, there are a lot of old historical like between these peoples.
I'd be interested to know what research you have done into Pictish. As far as I know there are insufficient records (only a few Ogham insciptions on stone carvings) to reconstruct the language. And according to all the Celtic language scholars whose works I have read, Brittonnic and Goidelic were closely enough related 2000 years ago for there to have been a certain level of intelligibility. Pidgins only occur when peoples with completely unintelligible languages from completely different language families meet.
I thought the theory was now that the Picts were Brythonic, or a least spoke a P Celtic language
@@vaudevillian7 Yes, there is sufficient place name evidence to support the Brythonic theory for Pictish. Prefixes like Aber-, Pit- and Car- are found all over the mainland of Scotland east of the Grampians and north of the Forth.
My dad’s favourite tipple was the Famous Grouse with ice & Irn Brew . 🥃
Scotsman also created the US Navy and Buick. There is also an Island of South west Scotland called Ailsa Craig where the granite is used for every single olympic curling stone.
I have a realy old stone and someone put a shoe scraper in it, so probably victorian, i love it.
And the Russian navy 😂😂 crating a world stalemate
I am an honorary juroch, and this entitles me to visit the Isle of Jura distillery anytime I want. Any other Jurochs on stream?? I love Haggis, with a thick gravy. .yum!!. Yes, Aberdeen Angus beef is from Scotland...absolutely delicious.
he never mentioned that the song auld lang syne that is sung worldwide for new year is actually a scottish song written by rabbie burns
Tobacco was not a Scottish crop. The 'tobacco trade' was a euphemism for the slaving triangle trade, sending trade goods to Africa, slaves to the USA/Caribbean, and tobacco and sugar to the UK.
Many streets in Glasgow are named after the 'Tobacco Barons' and this has been an issue of protest that they don't deserve the honour. One protest saw the street signs replaced by the name of anti slavery heros, like Douglass, Tubman etc.
british isles 189 inhabited islands 7700 islands in total around about that number
You seemed surprised at Scotland having 790 Islands m8, so I should tell you that in the British Isles as a whole, there are over 6,000 of them, from tiny little rocks to Great Britain itself.
We still have plenty of oil and natural gas.
Many of us would prefer our independence though. And we are hoping for another referendum. But many are happy to stay. Personally if Scotland gained its independence. I’d be first in the queue for a Scottish Passport 🏅🤣
You have to come to Scotland, you would love the history and beautiful highlands and islands.
Haggis is really amazing with neeps and tatties (turnips and mashed potatoes) and there are some truly amazing whisky to try, a nice matured single malt of 15 years or older are something to savour, a few of my favourites are Glenmorangie, Glenfiddich, Glenlivit.
Scottish Castles have a very distinctive architecture, due to their history. In medaeval times all Scottish Landowners were required by law to build a fortifiable house. The easiest to build was a traditional "Keep" , literally a high solid square building with walls many feet thick. Over time castles were expanded and stately homes were built which retained the Keep, incorporating it within the new design. The "tower" you referred to at Balmoral Castle is a copy of a Keep.
Where did you think Scotch whisky came from? It's in the name. Scotch is short for Scottish.
Although Scottish people prefer to be called Scots.
@@no-oneinparticular7264 As a Scotsman, I have never used the term Scotch to describe myself, but I don't have a problem with the the term and do know about things such as Scotch Whisky, Scotch Eggs and Scotch Tape.
@@neuralwarp Sort off. I was an English term coined in the 16th century and eventually made its way into the language, used by many Scottish writers such as Robert Burns. However, it has since fallen out of fashion and is only really used for commercial products and not people or culture, as it is seen as an English invention. Scots or Scottish is the term used. E.g
Scots Law, Scots language etc.
@@no-oneinparticular7264 my father in law was born in Glasgow and would go wild if anyone said they were "scotch"
@@Twiska Samuel Johnson used it: "The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road which leads him to England."!
The Irish Welsh and scoty are all Celts they all get along great with each other.
Haggis is a monthly meal for me. Amazing and tasty. Recommend it to all.
I hate haggis, give me a curry anyday, failing that a fish supper.
As we speak Scotland is still part of the UK, but hopefully that will change in the future.
5:30 The Irish and Scottish people share a common language (with some variation between the two) known as Gaelic. The two strains are usually referred to as Gaelic - generally pronounced Gay-lick for the Irish branch and Gah-lick for the Scottish version. Scots Gaelic is understood by
Kuma Senlac Scottish gaelic and Irish gaelic are very similar ,but they are not the same language
In 2022 52% of the 1,365 polled said they wanted independence. I know that is a tiny fraction of the whole population, but with all the issues with Brexit and the Tory Prime Ministers, I think it is unwise to think the opinion of the Scottish hasn't changed since 2014.
@@Twiska Utter fantasy. If there was now a majority in Scotland in favour of Independence, Sturgeon would be doing ALOT more than bringing a ridiculous legal challenge that has left the legal community scratching their heads. She only raised the challenge because she was expected to do so by the Independence supporters and it would've left her jacket on a very shaky nail if she hadn't
@@cmcc3721 What are you talking about? She is holding a new referendum on 19 October 2023.
@@Twiska dream on dafty. You obviously know nothing about my country. There's no referendum on the cards.